Pictures at an Exhibition | Feb. 18, 2024

THE 2023-2024 Concert Season

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2023-24 Season

The Chorale’s 55th Season follows the progression of the folksong from the homeland to the new land while also encapsulating the human experience and journey through song.

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7pm Oct 21

First Presbyterian Bryan 5pm Dec 9

Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

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Songs from the Homeland highlights a variety of folk songs familiar to people of all ages. It begins with Joseph Martin’s, The Awakening, and its powerful text, I dreamed a dream, a silent dream of a land not far away. This sets the stage for a musical review of familiar folk songs from the homeland that, musically, bring us to our new home, setting the stage for our March concert, Songs of the Traveler.

What Sweeter Music Can We Bring is designed to get you and your family in the Christmas spirit! The first half brings some of your favorite traditional and non-traditional Christmas pieces. The second half will feature a guest narrator reading one of your favorite Christmas stories, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, with traditional sing-along Christmas carols sprinkled throughout. Be sure to stick around for the end of the concert with your young ones because we may have a guest visitor all the way from the North Pole!

7pm Feb 24

First Presbyterian Bryan 5pm Apr 28

Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

Songs of the Traveler is a continuation of our first concert and focuses more on the folk songs of America through the lens of Randall Thompson and Aaron Copland. The theme of journey and travel is continued but now through the vantage point of one who has arrived in America. A guest artist will perform the Ralph Vaughan Williams setting of Songs of the Traveler.

The Road Home focuses on the conclusion of one’s journey from the viewpoint of arriving at their new-found home all the way from the homeland, but also the end of one’s journey here on earth. This concept is epitomized through Schubert’s Mass in G and Faure’s Requiem. And we end the season with the beautiful setting of Stephen Paulus’s, The Road Home, the perfect piece to highlight the duality of two different journeys coming to a close.

This program made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through the Arts Council of Brazos Valley. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission for the Arts, the Eugene Edge Charitable Trust, and the Plass Arts Foundation. To  nd out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

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MUSIC Director 27 YEARS

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Marcelo Bussiki is the music director/conductor of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Blinn College. He has had a passion for music since his early years. Born in Cuiaba, capital of Mato Grosso State in Brazil, Bussiki left home at age 14 to study at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro. He continued his conducting studies under Maestro Roberto Duarte at Rio de Janeiro Federal University. Upon graduation, he was named music director of the orchestra of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, a position he held for six years. Bussiki was awarded knighthood in the Ordem de Merito de Mato Grosso in recognition of his pioneering work in cultural expansion and musical education. He received the title of Oficial, the highest honor that the executive power can confer upon an artist in Brazil.

Bussiki came to the United States in 1992 under a scholarship from the Brazilian government and studied at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. From 1994-1996, he directed that university’s New Music Ensemble, developing an extensive repertoire of modern and contemporary music. He received a doctorate of musical arts in conducting from the University of Houston in 1998.

During his tenure with the Brazos Valley Symphony, Bussiki has been in demand as a guest conductor in Texas and out of state. In September, 2002, he returned to his native Brazil under sponsorship from the Brazilian National Bank in Rio de Janeiro to conduct 15 performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Viva la Mama, as well as other symphony concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. In October 2001, he conducted a premiere performance of the Organ Concerto by vanguard U. S. composer Lou Harrison, featuring organist John Walker and the Carnegie-Mellon Percussion Ensemble, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bussiki conducts several concerts a year at the International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. He was conductor for the International Guitar Festival in 2005, 2006, and again in 2016. In 2014, Bussiki was awarded the “Artist of the Year” honor by The Arts Council.

PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BRAZOS VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CONCERT Program

THANK You

Larry Campbell, Thank You for 40 Years

After 40 years with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, this will be Larry’s final performance with us. Join us in celebrating the remarkable journey and musical legacy of our retiring musician as we reflect on cherished memories and heartfelt sentiments shared by members of our orchestra–

I want to express my heartfelt congratulations on Larry’s retirement from the Brazos Valley Symphony. After 40 remarkable years of dedication and artistry, Larry has left an enduring legacy not only in our Symphony but also in the national music scene by training and nurturing two generations of young musicians to the national and international stages. My friend, may the future bring you well-deserved rest, fulfillment, and the joy of knowing that your contributions have made this a better place. With gratitude. - Marcelo Bussiki

For 40 years, Larry Campbell has been the foundation of the orchestra. Normally, the tuba performs unassumingly in the background; however, this is not always the case. My fondest memories of Larry are him performing solos in Tubby the Tuba. - Mark Holtzapple

I think of the orchestra like a house. It needs a strong foundation with which to be built. Larry in playing tuba provided that foundation with his unbelievable playing over the past 4 decades. Makes it easy for someone like me on timpani to add to that foundation. -

Todd Quinlan

Larry Campbell’s positive persistence for excellence laid the foundation for our orchestra to grow upon! We are not who we are today without his musical foundation and guidance! His resonant and warm personality is an exact replica of the sound he portrays to the audience and from which we have all found comfort and security in! Thank you, Mr. Campbell, for your support, encouragement, and drive for perfection in everything you do! You will be greatly missed! -

Mary McNeel

I would like to thank Larry for all he has done for this orchestra, but more so for what he has done for me and several of this orchestra’s members. Larry was kind enough to take a chance hiring me as a VERY green band director and percussionist. He recommended I take the audition for the BVSO and I am so grateful that he helped open this and several other doors for me. It has been a pleasure to work with Larry not only for several years at Blinn, but as a fellow musician for the past 16 years in this wonderful orchestra. His love for music, teaching, and this group is palpable, and he will be missed! -

Sarah Burke

Larry Campbell became part of my life before I ever met him in person! We went to the same University (a few years apart) and my band director was always talking about how special he was! When I finally met Larry back in 1985, I was convinced that my band director was correct! Larry Campbell is one the most solid, upstanding men I’ve ever met. As a musician, he ranks up there with the best. As a human being, there’s no finer!

Larry, thank you for your dedication to this orchestra for the last 40 years! You’ve made a difference in so many lives, including mine! - Penny Zent

THANK You

Larry Campbell, graduated from the University of Houston in 1967 with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a Master’s degree in Tuba Performance. He studied under W.H. (Bill) Rose of the Houston Symphony and other UH faculty members. A distinguished figure in music education and performance, Larry, devoted 42 years to Blinn College, serving as Director of Bands and Fine Arts Chair. As a founding member of the Texas Community College All-State Band, Larry played a key role in establishing it’s association with TMEA, thus enhancing Blinn’s music program statewide.

In addition to serving as principal tubist with the BVSO, Larry has performed as a tubist with the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra and as a substitute tubist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Brass Quintet.

Larry comes from a musical family; his wife Karen, a clarinetist, has been his partner for 59 years. Their sons, Russell (trumpet), a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jeff (trombone), a freelance musician in Houston, and Steven (tuba), a member of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, have all achieved recognition as TMEA AllState Band/Orchestra members. Larry and Karen also have five grandchildren, Jasper, Aelish, Rowen, Violet, and Leo.

As Larry bids farewell to the stage, his legacy of musical excellence endures.

“I really appreciate playing in the BVSO and hearing many talented members as I count numerous rests as a tubist. Especially longtime members such as Javier Chaparro (concertmaster), Penny Zent (flute), Jill Stewart (clarinet), Eric Miller (bassoon), Jane McCormick (cello), Mary McNeel (horn), Sarah Burke and Todd Quinlan (percussion), and particularly Marcelo Bussiki for his leadership and patience.” - Larry

Campbell

GRATEFUL

Acknowledgements

THE BRAZOS VALLEY SYMPHONY SOCIETY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES

GRANT, TRUST, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM:

The Clearfield Family

Eugene Edge, III Charitable Trust

The Ham Family Trust

Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust

Plass Arts Foundation

Union Pacific

Rea Charitable Trust

Nina Astin Winkler Charitable Trust

IN-KIND SUPPORT AND SERVICES FROM:

This program made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through The Arts Council. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

PROGRAM Notes

The pieces in tonight’s program have several things in common: Firstly, they have connection with other arts, whether by depiction, inspiration, or association; secondly, they are suites, or, in the case of Clair de Lune, a movement of a suite; and finally, they are all orchestrations of pieces written originally for piano (or cello and piano, as in the work by Villa Lobos). It is worthwhile to hear both the original versions as well as the orchestral arrangements.

Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

Claude Debussy; arranged by André Caplet

Achille-Claude Debussy was born in SaintGermain en Laye, France (near Paris) on August 22, 1862, and he died in Paris, March 25, 1918. He began writing his Suite bergamasque for piano in 1890 but did not publish it until 1905. “Clair de lune” (“Moonlight”) is the third piece form this suite. Debussy’s friend and fellow composer, André Caplet (1878-1925), orchestrated the suite in 1911.

A short poem by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), entitled “Clair de lune,” inspired one of Claude Debussy’s best known compositions. The delicate, shimmery harmonies and the seemingly irregular flow of the music capture the poem’s description of fleeting moments of happiness falling, like moonlight, upon a melancholy soul.

Le tombeau de Couperin

Maurice Ravel

I. Prélude

II. Forlane

III. Menuet

IV. Rigaudon

Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure (near Biarritz), France on March 5, 1875, and he died in Paris on December 28, 1937. Ravel composed Le Tombeau de Couperin in six movements for solo piano between 1914 and 1917, and he even designed the cover art of the first printed edition. In 1919 he scored four of the six movements for orchestra. Rhené-Baton conducted the Pasdeloup Orchestra in the premiere of the orchestral version in February 1920.

Although the title of this work suggests a memorial to the great French composer, François Couperin (1668-1733), Ravel intended it more as a tribute to the Baroque era in which Couperin lived. He accomplished this with dance forms fashioned into ta Baroque-like suite, and with

PROGRAM Notes

melodic ornaments resembling those used in harpsichord music. The music, however, is definitely of the twentieth century; the harmonies are somewhat dissonant, yet the overall mood is light.

Bachianas brasileiras No.2, A247

Heitor Villa-Lobos

I. Prelúdio: O canto do capadocio

II. Ária: O canto da nossa terra

III. Dança: Lembrança do sertão

IV. Toccata: O trenzinho do caipira

Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 5, 1887, and he died there on November 17, 1959. He originally composed the movements of the Bachiana Brasileira No. 2 around 1930 as separate pieces for cello and piano (he was, himself, a cellist), later arranging the movements as a suite for chamber orchestra.

The melodies and rhythms of Brazil permeate the works of Heitor Villa-Lobos, that country’s most famous composer. Largely self-taught in music, Villa-Lobos spent part of his youth exploring the native music of Brazil and supporting himself and his family by playing in cafes and theatres.

After having his music performed at the São Paulo Modern Art Week, he later traveled to Paris, where he met many modern artists and composers, including Ravel Between 1930 and 1945 he composed nine suites entitled Bachianas Brasileiras (“Brazilian Bach-like pieces”), in which he sought to combine Brazilian themes with Bach-like counterpoint. Elements of jazz and Brazilian popular music add spice to this work. “Capadócio” can refer to an idler; the frequent slides in the brass in the first movement suggest this meaning. In the fourth movement, the composer creates a humorous image of an old steam-powered train wheezing and chugging its way through the countryside, carrying farm laborers to work.

PROGRAM Notes

Pictures at an Exhibition

Modest Mussorgsky; arranged by Maurice Ravel

Modest Mussorgsky was born in Karevo, Russia, on March 21, 1839, and he died in St. Petersburg, Russia on March 28, 1881. He composed his suite, Pictures at an Exhibition, in 1874 for piano solo. Maurice Ravel orchestrated the suite in 1922 under a commission by Serge Koussevitsky.

In 1873, Mussorgsky lost a close friend, Viktor Hartmann, a Russian architect and artist, to an aneurism at only 39 years of age. They had met through the Director of Fine Arts at the Imperial Library, Vladimir Stasov; the three men held in common an ideal of a new Russian national art based on folk and medieval traditions. Shortly after Hartmann’s death, Stasov prepared an exhibition of Hartmann’s watercolors and drawings. While visiting this exhibition, Mussorgsky was inspired to commemorate his friend with musical impressions of ten of Hartmann’s works, tied together with an intermittent Promenade. Unfortunately, only six of the ten art works are still extant. Ravel, himself a fine pianist, thought that Mussorgsky’s writing for the piano suggested an orchestral treatment.

Promenade:

I. Gnomus: Promenade

II. The Old Castle

Promenade

III. Tuileries:

IV. Bydło

“Walking music” in a sober Russian Style.

A gnome in the form of a nutcracker like the one in Tchaikovsky’s ballet, the nuts being broken by it’s teeth.

A troubadour by an old castle, serenading his lady in vain. Ravel used a saxophone for the plaintive melody. Children run all over the Tuileries gardens in Paris.

A heavy wooden oxcart lumbers down a country road. It’s folksong-like melody is played on tuba or other low brass instruments. “Bydło” is Polish for “cattle.”

PROGRAM Notes

Promenade

V. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells:

VI. Samuel Goldenber and Schmuÿle:

VII. Limoges:

VIII. Catacombs

Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs:

X. The Great Gate of Kiev:

Hartmann had been designing costumes for a ballet, so his sketch depicted children in costume. Ravel scored the movement for high winds, harp, and puncuated by high strings.

An overbearing rich man in a fur cap (strings in unison) versus a cajoling beggar (solo trumpet)

Women gossip at the central marketplace

“With the dead in a dead language.” Slow, somber chords accompany Hartmann as he visits the Roman catacombs in Paris. Mussorgsky wrote that Hartmann led him to the skull and that the skulls began to glow.

Baby Yaga, the small but frightening witch of Russian folklore, lived in a hut standing on the legs of chickens, enabling it to turn at will. Hartmann’s picture depicted an antique clock in the shape of this hut. The ascending fourths in the bass are especially spooky.

An architectural design for a proposed gate in the shape of a Slavonic helmet. The triumphant nationalistic theme is related to the Promenade.

Notes by Felicia Piscitelli

BRAZOS VALLEY Symphony Orchestra

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Violin I

Javier Chaparro, Concertmaster

Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair

Erika Elder

Naomi Frausto

Letty Fuentes

Edward Ji

Jarred Kennedy

Eric Rosenquest

Chris Tran

Chris Walters

Yuan Wu

Violin II

Adam Mikeal, Principal

Laura Callon

Tracy Gilber

Jonathan Griffin

Eddy Marcano

Sarah Mukadassi

Lucina Reyes

James Robertson

Viola

Luis Perez, Principal

Paul Duston

Sam Lee

Omeed Manshouri

Gregory Mata

Neal Springer

Cello

Jane McCormick, Principal

Tom Lawshae

Prudence McDaniel

Andrew Nguyen

Miriam Salinas

Jackie Wogick

Bass

Gaven Krase, Principal

Sabrina Behrens

Ray Fisher

Christian Harvey

Andy Moritz

Flute

Penny Zent, Principal

The Hermann Family Flute Chair

Nami Kimura

Piccolo

Jessica Borski Owens

Nami Kimura

Oboe

Rebecca Fairweather-Haskins, Principal

Amy Burgus

Serena Finnegan

English Horn

Amy Burgus

Clarinet

Jill Stewart, Principal

Mark Arritola

Anna Carney

Bassoon

Kat McKenzie, Principal

Chris Gonzalez

Contra Bassoon

Shawn Karson, Principal

BRAZOS VALLEY Symphony Orchestra

Horn

Mary McNeel, Principal

Craig Hubbard

Rose MacKenzie

Monica Martinez

Kristin Shularick

Trumpet

Phil Scoles, Principal

Wesley Miller

Phil Holland

Trombone

Brian Logan, Principal

Steven Vogel

Bass Trombone

Michael Johnson, Principal

Euphonium

Michael Johnson

Tuba

Larry Campbell

Timpani

Todd Quinlan, Principal

Percussion

Sarah Burke, Principal

Gary Martin Percussion Chair

Chris Goodwin

Grant Gould

Patrick Slevin

Charles Stott

Harp

Ayren Huslig

Saxophone

Scott Plugge

Celesta

Catherine Schaefer

Piano

Catherine Schaefer

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BVSS Board

2023-2024 BVSS Board of Directors

Ryan Becker, Secretary

John Bohnsack, Past President

Karen Bonarrigo

Blanche Brick

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Pierce Cantrell

Sandra Castanon, Executive Director

Benton Cocanougher, 1st Vice President

Mike Connor

Joe Cook, Communications Director

Blaine Decker, President Elect

Sandy Farris, FASO President

Jonathan Griffin, Orchestra Representative

Don Hellriegel, Treasurer

Chuck Herman

Sue Lee, 2nd Vice President

Cathy Loving, President

Adam Mikeal, Orchestra Representative

Elizabeth Natsios

Kathy Payne

Matt Prochaska

Scott Shafer

Gaines West

Penny Zent, Orchestra Chair

FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE Symphony Orchestra

For the past 39 years, an auxiliary organization called FASO (Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra) has provided the volunteer hours required to promote and stage the exciting Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra concerts you enjoy each season.

We invite you to become a member of FASO this year to help increase educational opportunities and appreciation for classical music in the Brazos Valley. Membership applications may be found on the symphony website: bvso.org/faso/

Follow us on Facebook at @faso2021

2023-2024 FASO Officers

Sandy Farris - President

Becky Hall - President-Elect

Sue Lee - Past President

Sinead Dunne - 1st Vice President

Jennifer Wood - 2nd Vice President

Julie Flores - 3rd Vice President

Beth Pennebaker - Secretary

Anne Prescott - Treasurer

Karen Melvin, Julia Beazer, Kathy Brewer - Members-at-Large

Alice Hoelscher - TASO Representative

In late 2015, the Brazos Valley Symphony Society’s Board of Directors created an Endowment Committee and tasked them with the {seemingly} outrageous goal of raising one million dollars! Once that goal was met in an astonishingly short period of time the Board charged our Endowment Committee to take our permanent endowment funding level to THREE million dollars! Well guess what? We are closing in on that goal too! Our Endowment Committee has announced we have just cleared the two-million-dollar mark and the end is in sight!

These last eight years, since our 2015 Board caught the vision for a permanent endowment fund, have seen unexpected changes we could have never imagined, but the music played on, and we never stopped believing in the treasure that is the BVSO! Preserving that treasure is OUR gift to future generations – and today we are literally on the precipice of reaching that goal.

Join us in our FINAL push forward to the finish line! There are many ways that you can support BVSO’s Endowment campaign. Please contact the BVSO office today to find out which one works best for you!

For more information on how you can play a crucial role in the future of the BVSO please contact the BVSO Office at: 979-696-6100 or office@bvso.org

Gaines West Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

Cindy Craigen Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

Brazos Valley

Symphony Society

Permanent Endowment

A strong endowment ensures that there is an enduring source of funding for immediate and future needs of this Brazos Valley treasure—the BVSO. Endowments grow over time to create a legacy of education, culture, and artistic development as they extend the impact of the donor’s generosity beyond a lifetime. The investment income from the BVSO Permanent Endowment will provide a foundation for great symphonic music to continue in the Brazos Valley for the next generation and beyond.

ENDOWMENT FUND

COMMITMENT LEVELS

FOUNDERS $100,000+

Diamond $50,000 - $99,999

Platinum $25,000 - $49,999

Gold $10,000 - $24,999

Silver $5,000 - $9,999

Bronze $1,000 - $4,999

Friend up to $999

Endowment Fund Contributors

pledged or received as of February 1, 2024

Founders ($100,000+)

Ruth Clearfield Memorial Fund

Larry & Mary Koeninger

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Bert & Mary Loudon

Gary & Lynn Martin

Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair

Creighton & Jeannie Miller

Bookman & Florence Peters

Rose P. VanArsdel

Diamond ($50,000 - $99,999)

Anonymous

Gary Martin Percussion Chair

Carolyn McDaniel

Ward & Diane Wells

Platinum ($25,000 - $49,999)

In Memory of Evelyn & Fred Anderholm

Tracy & Tamara Carter

Penelope Kosztolnyik & Joe Ham

The Hermann Family Flute Chair

Stephanie Sale & Jim Singleton

Susan & Gaines West

Linda & Dick Witherite

Gold ($10,000 - $24,999)

Anonymous

Nancy E. & Mark Browning

Maestro Marcelo Bussiki

Carol & Pierce Cantrell

Chrissie & Jay Granberry

Lorraine & Chuck Hermann

The Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation, Inc.

Jan & Bill Johnson

Anonymous

Cathy & Jerry Loving

Joann Monroe

John & Carol Nichols

Joyce Nies & Peter Witt

Valerie & David Woodcock

Rodney & Penny Zent

Silver ($5,000 - $9,999)

Don & Pat Allen Rice

David & Joanne Claridge

Bonnie & Otway Denny

Linda & Paul Parrish

Ellen & Penrod Thornton

Elizabeth & Bill Ward

BRONZE ($1,000 - $4,999)

Steven & Lisa Aldrich

Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Althea Bair-Sutherland

Briaud Financial Advisors

Jo Berg

Robert & Blanche Brick

Taylor & Cindy Craigen

Cydney Collier Donnell

John & Naomi Fackler

Warren & Mary Finch

Jan Folse

Jennifer Fredericks

Stephen A. Fulling

Phil & Zo Granberry

Gary & Judy Hart

Gary & Judy Hart

In Memory of Jeannie Miller

Edward E. & Ruth Anne Hazen

Alice & Clifford Hoelscher

Michael J. King & Robin L. Altholz

Randi & Averyt Knapp

Celebrating Virginia & Russell Mays

Karen Kubena

Sue Lee

Claire & John Lillie

Marti Marberry & Thomas Roraff

John & Leslie Miller

Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios

Carol Parzen

Joyce Perkins in Memory of Richard C. Perkins

Rhonda Raphael

Sheran Riley

Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink

Becky & B. Don Russell

Carol & Mark Sadoski

Thomas Sadoski & Amanda Seyfried

In Honor of Carol & Mark Sadoski

Jack Skinner

FRIEND (UP TO $999)

Sara Alpern

Anonymous

Kenneth & Kathi Appelt

Pat & Sarah Ashburn

Karen Bachman

Carol & Doug Biggs

Brett & Alisa Boatner

Robert C. Borden

Leonard L. Bowden

Scott Ball & Janice Bradshaw

Lorence & Zora Bravenec

Karen Buck & Porscha Buck

Jack & Mary Campbell

Irwin & Claudia Carroll

Dara & Judith Childs

Charlotte Christman

Robert H. Clearfield

Franco & Sandra da Conturbia

Olga & Brett Cooke

Marian & Gus Cothran

The Dangott Family Trust

Mr. David Dellwo & Mrs. Nancy Inglis

Ronald & Barbara Douglas

Norma Dunn

In Memory of Cindy Still

Billie Elmendorf

John Fackler

In Memory of Jeannie & Creighton Miller

Ann Fancher

Chris & Sandra Farris

Anonymous

Rainer & Tammy Fink

Jack & Anita Friedman

Ivy V. Geiger

Don & Rosemary Green

Lisa Halperin & Jonathan Coopersmith

Anonymous

General Joe G. Hanover

W.T. (Bill) Harper

Tom & Lynda Henry

Susan & Rodney Hill

Susan Irza

Anonymous

Myong & Pedro Ledesma

Robert & Candace Leslie

Karon & Glenn Mathews

David & Jeanette McMahon

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Miller

Jane Miller

Jeannie Miller

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Leon & Junett Noack

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Dr. Ozden Ochoa

Mohsen & Terri Pourahmadi

Matthew & Merrilee Prochaska

The Quackenbush Kids

Thomas & Liana Rike

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Larry & Jean Ringer

The Family of Arthur & Rosalie Roraff

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Mary Frances Ross

Schade Family

Jay & Barbara Schleppenbach

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Timothy Seubert

Mary Sherwood

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Matt & Toni Straley

In Memory of Tom Roraff

Barbara & Emil Straube

Connie Swing Surrency

Mrs. Dwayne (Carol) Suter

Mrs. Ann W. Thompson

Milton Thompson

Margaret E. Touchstone

Victor & Jo Ann Treat

Harvey & Sandy Tucker

Randy & Mary Ulery

Brad & Pat Vinson

Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel

Barbara Buffington Walker

Bob Warden & Eva Read-Warden

Doris & Rand Watson

Anne & Thomas Wehrly

Ann Wiatt

Mary Jane Wiggins

Lima & Joe Williams

Dr. Arthur V. Wolfe

Dr. & Mrs. Grant Wolfe

William & Mary Young

Gaines & Susan West

In Memory of Jeannie Miller

SYMPHONY SOCIETY Contributors

The Brazos Valley Symphony Society is most grateful to the individuals who, by their monetary commitment or through other unique forms of support, make possible the continued growth of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra’s many outstanding artists, programs and services. Listed below are those individuals that have made gifts or pledges to the Symphony through the ANNUAL FUND DRIVE as of February 1, 2024 for the Orchestra’s 42nd season.

Premier Circle ($10,000+)

The Clearfield Family

The Ham Family Trust

Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc

Maestro’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999)

Becky & B. Don Russell

Concertmaster’s Circle ($2,500-$4,999)

Gaines* & Susan West

Benton Cocanougher*

Jan & Bill Johnson

Orchestra Circle ($1,000-$2,499)

Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Laura De Asarta

Pat & Sarah Ashburn

Donnie & Laura Becker

Anonymous*

Pierce Cantrell*

In Memory of Carol Cantrell

Mike* & Sheila Connor

Blaine* & Hannah Decker

Philip & Kay Goodwin

Don Hellriegel*

Chuck Hermann* & Lorraine Eden

Mark & Carol Holtzapple

Sue Lee*

Jerry & Cathy Loving*

Janell McAnally

Jennifer & Glen Miller

Jo Monroe

Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios*

John & Carol Nichols

Karen & Michael Pilant

Joyce Perkins

Southwest Agribusiness Consulting Inc.

Dean & Dorothy Wichern

Grant & Wendy Wolfe

Rod & Penny Zent*

SYMPHONY SOCIETY Contributors

Michael J. King & Robin L. Altholz

Paul Boatright

David & Joanne Claridge

Zou & Boyd Cherry

Tom & Lynda Henry

Jane Flaherty

Jan Folse

Claude & Joanna Gibson

Albert & Mary Loudon

Fred & Cheryl Anderholm

Fuller & Gloria Bazer

Ryan* & Kari Becker

Robert & Blanche Brick*

Marcelo Bussiki*

Ernest & Billie Elmendorf

David Dellwo & Nancy Inglis

Anat & Nehemia Geva

Gary & Judy Hart

Betty Aycock

Mark & Nancy Browning

Brett & Olga Cooke

Jared Datzman

Paul & Kathy de Figueiredo

Kim Feldman

Clifford & Alice Hoelscher

Kimberlin Kane

James Kracht

Andreas Kronenberg

Billy & Mary Jo Lay

Robert LeJeune

Sheran Riley

Charles & Cindy Still

Rand & Doris Watson

Peter Witt & Joyce Nies

Ann Wiatt

David & Valerie Woodcock

Ward & Diane Wells

Dick & Linda Witherite

The Estate of Arthur Wolfe

Rodger Koppa

Randy & Kathy Payne*

Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink

Mark & Carol Sadoski

Roland Schweitzer & Susan Woodard

Robert & Katherine Thomas

Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel

Mia Zwolinski

In Memory of Marge Zwolinski

John & Claire Lillie

In Memory of Bookman Peters

William & Laurine Marlow

Larry and Joyce Piper

Werner Rose

Shirley Watts

Thomas & Anne Wehrly

Karan Wester

George & Jan Woodward

In Memory of Victor Treat

Matthew* & Merrilee Prochaska

* Symphony Society Board Member

DEDICATED Professionals

Concerts

presents 41st Season . . .

SUNDAYS at 5:00pm in the Sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church

October 8, 2023

D’ACCORD

Dominique McCormick, soprano

Keith Weber, piano

March 3, 2024

Dr. Sarah Burke & Todd Quinlan, percussion

November 12, 2023

HARPBEATS

Harp Ensemble, University of North Texas

April 21, 2024

Chris Hoffman, piano

FREE admission. FREE parking. Reception follows concert.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

1100 Carter Creek Pkwy, Bryan Texas

www.fpcbryan.org/concerts-on-carter-creek 979.823.8073 | music@fpcbryan.org

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MARTÍN GARCÍA PLAYS EMPEROR

Rudder Theatre

Oct 15, 2023 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: FASO, in memory of Jeannie Miller Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky

ILLUMINATIONS AND GLORY!

Rudder Theatre

Nov 5, 2023 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: The Clearfield Family Bach, Britten, Vivaldi

HOLIDAY POPS!

Christ Church

Dec 10, 2023 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: Becky and B. Don Russell

Your holiday favorites! What better way to get into the holiday spirit!

CARMEN

Rudder Theatre

Jan 21, 2024 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: The Rea Charitable Trust Manuel de Falla, Joaquin Rodrigo, Georges Bizet

valley brazos symphony orchestra

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Rudder Auditorium

Feb 18, 2024 | 5pm

Debussy, Ravel, Villa Lobos, Mussorgsky

HUNGARIAN DANCES

Rudder Theatre

Mar 24, 2024 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor:

The Ham Family Trust Brahms, Nino Rota

MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS

Rudder Auditorium

Apr 27, 2024 | 7pm

Concert Sponsor: Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc.

Celebrating the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, and Sir Paul McCartney